House Energy & Commerce Committee Republican Leadership Shuffled
Barton Names Upton Ranking Member; Stearns, Whitfield, Shimkus Also on the Move
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/7/2007 8:50:00 AM
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) shuffled the Republican leadership of the House Energy & Commerce Committee.
Barton, the ranking member of that committee and its former chairman, named Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) to the ranking spot on Energy. Upton had been the ranking member on the Telecommunications & Internet Subcommittee.
Replacing Stearns as the ranking member of that subcommittee will be Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), moving over from Oversight and Investigations.
The new ranking member on that oversight subcommittee -- which is launching an investigation into Federal Communications Commission processes and practices -- will be Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.).
The musical-chairs moves were prompted by the retirement of current ranking Energy member and former House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois.
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